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ps astented sey The reve Detations 'bec became louder and 'Soon io air was full of echoes. Jr ip Pa ing, Frafice a separate peace. Theifrom a farm som e other: t 6 discovered, rer sinks two of the r fond they heard the shout of 8 o'clock. marines. Granet is commissioned single vo : : ; Ark his uncle, Sir Alfred Anselman, £0| = "Now 'whikpered. ! roy the new sub detector, de by Collins leaned forward. he fuse at Meyville Worth-of Ni 'When in his hand touched the dark dock. subs ng upon Isabel Worth he is mis-| tance which he had Rn by the inventor for the captain the the rock. Tha mome rd and shown the mervel- ns Tivention. At jd a be wre Sao out to carry of heii optics, tins, CHAPTER XXI~ wr si there Was a néw alertngss in hi p nh He, Yoo, wore' siiiber gilods High abo 2 er movements were olutely than the heavens th emasglves, stupen noiseléss. He carried a jee electric! dous, - hu; geuted: suddenty to as- torch 'in his hand, which h sume to tself shape. roar of ma, Wi atound the room while he placed sev- | chinary was clearly audible. From the ar omall articles in his pocket. Then ' house came the mingled shouting of | he pushed open the door and Listened.! many voices. Something dropped into He turned back, held up his finger and x and] the sea a hundred yards away with a turned lot at the Milan H Hotel a and vhs id 3 al focument, from the Kaiser, of. of - bh 30 § a i : at Colitis 7" "I Wad pln ae nd Granet'| 0 MR. RM An nse of + ug; suppose' Sah moment gown, he said. as a, "one hurt by the bomb Geoffrey Anselman toring "No one seemed to be worse," Grane te lied. of 'anything Cin a ton of coal yields 10,000 ft. of rr is printed fn 528 « languages. % : - The Polish alphabet sontalng, forty. 2 pA ph Bo ove over. snd ave a ook five letters." Ja . for for him, (his. Afcernon magia ¢ ; he ] nodded. The two men passed down the stairs, through the eitting-room, out on to the lawn by a door left un- fastened, and round the house to the shed. Together they pushed the car down the slight incline of the drive. Granet mounted into the driving-seat and Dressed the self-starter. Collins | took 4 he place by his side. "Remember," - Granet whispered, "we heard something and I met you in he hall, Sit tight." They sped with all the silence and smoothness of their six-cylinder up the tree-hung road, through the sleep. ing village and along the narrow lane to Market Burnham. When they were' within about a hundred yards of the! gate, Granet brought the car to a standstill, "There Bre at least two sentries that way," he said, "and if Sir Mey- ville told me the truth, they may have a special guard of Marines out night. This is where we take to marshes. Listen. Can you en any-! was thing 7" "They both held their breath. "Nothing yet," Collins muttered. "Let's get the things out quickly." "Granet hurried to the back of the car, ripping open the covering. In a few moments they had dragged over the side a small collapsible boat of canvas stretched across some bamboo Joints, with two tiny sculls, They clambered up the bank, "The creek must be close here," Granet 'whispered. "Don't show a light. + Listen!" This time they could hear the 'sound of an engine beating away in the boat- house on'the other side of the Hall Through the closely-drawn curtains, too, they could gee faint fingers of light from the house on the sea. "They are working still," Granet continued. "Look out, Collins, that's the creek." ; They pushed the boat into the mid- dle of the black arm of water and stepped cautiously inte it. . Taking one of the paddles, Granet, kneeling down, propelled it slowly seaward. Once or twice they ran into the bank and had to push off, but very soon their eyes grew accustomed to the darkness. By degrees the creek broad- ened, They passed close to the walls of the garden, and very soon they were perceptibly nearer the Juainsly- situated workshop. Granet paused for a moment from his labors. "The Hall is dark enough, " he mut- The; ons the lar of y the regular pacing d sentinel] in the drive. Nearer to them on the top 'of the wall, they tancied that they heard the clash of a et. Granet dropped his: voice to the whis i" e are close there now. Stretch out your hand, Collins. Can you feel a shelf of rack?" "It's just in front of me," was the stifled 'answ, For a few moments Collins was busy. Then, with a little he | ¢ gri Granet's arm. His voice, ing with nervous repression, was still almost 'hysterical "They're coming, Granet! My God, they're. coming!" oth men turned seaward. Par away in the Clouds, it 2emed, they could mi some new throa human cleaving its way . the re iste through air. With every second ond 16 1 er. The men stood clutching one an- other. + "Have you got the fuse Zend, ey must hear it in a moment," the! 200 er roar. The sand flew up in a +|onet was rattled at his feet. he "That's fo Yor the stuff. Down with 3." Saw i screech and a hiss , and = gevwer-dike, WE "fountain leapt so high that the spray | this reached them. Then there was al Sharpe; sound as a rifle bullet whistl- ed ! ay God!" Granet exclaimed. "It's time we were out of this, Collins!" He seized his. scull. Even at that moment there was a terrific explosion. lA stream of lurid fire seemed to leap from the corner of the 'house, the {wall split and fell outwards. And then there came another sound, hide- | ous, sickly, a sound Granet had heard before, the sound of a rifle bullet cut- iting its way through flesh, followed by an inhuman cry. For a moment | Collin's arms whirled around him. [one % with no other sound save that Fi ai fhe a HR on ane me all righ "Td meant oa lay up but Wecause ny Weil start Br en get back for the on motored down to the club- thouse and played their round. It was a wonderful spring morning, with a soft west wind blowing from the land. Little patches of sea lavender gave purple color to the marshland. The creeks, winding their way from the sea to the village, shone like quick- silver beneath the vivid sunshine. It was a morning of utter and complete peace. Bh TotW atanding a lit- e troutle wi s arm, pla; he fully and well. en at foot reached the eighteenth green, he h a wonderful curly putt for the wo and the match, "A great game," his cousin declar- | ed, as he left the green. "Who the devil are these Joliows 2 There were two soldiers standing at the gate, and a military drawn u the side of the An orderly Stopped forward and ad- one i he fell forward and disap- For a single second Granet Bares. over the side of the boat as though to dive after him. Then came blinding storm, the whole of the creek was suddenly a raging torrent. The boat was swung on a precipitous mountain of salt water and as quickly capsized. rast, breatiess na aT an stunned, found his way somehow to the side of the dressed Granet. hs marshland, and As there stumbled |. "Captain Granet?" he asked; salut- his way towards the road. The house a net nodded. and ed gut behind him was on fire, the air seemed hand Tor the mote hed, wn fectly steady, he even lifted his. for filled with hoarse shoutings. He turned and ran for the spot where he had left{ drew jt from the envelo, for a moment to look at a lark Tog overhead. Yet the few hastily se: the car. Once he fell into a salt water pool and came out wet $hrough to jhe waist, In the end, however, hé reac red ol Vines were lke, Gh The officer in command at Market Burnham Hall would be obliged - bank, elambered- over 'it and ped down into the road, Then a light Captain Granet would favor him wi an diate in , With refers! was flashed into his eyes and a bay- ence to the events of last night. There of | a "Do you meag that you want me to] go at once, before luncheon?" hey asked the orderly. The man pointed to the car. "My instructions 'were to. take you, back at once, sir." "Come and have a drink first, at ,"! Geoffrey Anselman insisted. e orderly shook he head, the two soldiers were the gateway. "Some one from War 0 mes & were a couple of soldiers in ch his car. "Hands up!" was the hoarse order. - Granet cglmly flashed hiy own clec- tric torch. There were at least a dozen soldiers "are Sarin and a little company were ing down from the gates. He switched off his light almost immediatel: "Is any one hurt?" he 'asked. There was a dead silence. He felt his arm seized on either side. "The captain's coming down the road," one of the men Ty "Lay on to him, Tim!" CHAPTER XXII, Granet sauntered 'in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following | with morning. A little volley of ? Sueniions and ex¢lamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard. a about the Zeppelin raid "| say there's a bomb on the pe green "Market Burnham 'Hall is burnt to the ground!" Granet mighed as room and took re to dt made no answer, Granet, with a shrug of the shoulders, into the motorcar. 'The two sol rs mounted motor-cycles and 'the th A good eal of surprise was created .| when a long list of goods. required by! | Russia was found to contain an order for spectacles for cows, says an Eng- lish newspaper. Surely this must be a Tous, said the 'business men, or someone must have [have .| blundered 'in writing the word cows, for spectacles could certainly not = needed for animals. - : But there was no mistake. Cows on | the Russian steppes have long 'worn spectacles to protect thelr eyes from the glare of the snow, which stretches! 2P0U *| for 24,000 files in a day. A single orange tree of average sti aries In later: will bear 20,000 oranges. An ounce of gold could be drawn " to a wire fifty miles long. The King of Bweden has been wed- ded longest of any Buropean crowned' head. The family Bible of William Burns, the father of Robert Burns, has been sold for $2,260. The world's envelope of air has just been proved to extend for 300 miles above the earth. 3 let Sea-Cow Seen. ~ The Arctic sea-cow, thought to have ; been extinct for forty years, has been | seen again. Native fishermen of the Aleutian {™: Islands declare that when fishing off the islands one or more of these crea- tures have been geen. In the hind- quarters they appeared to be true fish, od but in the head and neck they were ox:like. ; The 4,000 1b., 18 40 ft. long. Seaweed grows in miniature forests 'long. the | Aleution Islands, "and the BEBCOWS once pastured there. They possessed a habit of herding together like cattle,' snorting and puffing. " 'The hind legs were used as a single 'fin, but 'the front fins were used as legs to support the animal. There were udders between the forelegs, and plates instead of teeth, The last timeé a sea-cow was seen by 'white men was forty years ago, over a hundred years after its discovery. ep ee i Berth procured from certain mines in Colorado has been found excellent for exterminating bes beetles. Pills traported into India are color- od, to show their tise; those tinted red) contain poison, Hot weather will Toqisitly cause | clock and watches long out of use toi t| start working. The heat melts the old oil which has hardened and clog- ged the bearings. Ask for Minard's and take no other." |. TED ai br serious trouble. for h 'spring, and sets up a serious af- many instances 'ot andreds of miles on all sides titi} fection that may 'result in total blind- [* w blindness is not a new cont [gs o sea-cow often wenght| "2 cessfully is first to open the pores of the skin. with warm 'water, then to a Jaro to a good a 'cream the prevalence. of the family exsdus to the "movie" every] evening, the songless condition of the en "record" or the| 1 cue giant, the 0 Searded. jsisters, the vock, the brett Indies. in a chariot, , Jin sh ought 'to v babyhood, be & a a detighttal end living gained Themory in later yedrs and an napires tion to do likewise, 'when : the time comes, for the new 'generation. A Clear Complexion. A secret of bathing the face sue- cleanse them thoroughly, and finally to 'close them with cold water so that as little dirt as Possible. w will lodge in] ha Usually pure soap and water, with Blenty 0 Hy skin clean and. fresh, Bathe the face every day with pure sosp end 'soft. water and rinse it. with water and then with. clean, coolf 48 If the soap is not well washed 33.20. 468, will asime dey, andy k skins, however, more sleep and fresh air, simple] '00d and safficient exercise will keep; than] ok "foe fat ny was ua hoy unrecogniz- stuffed out -with pillows covered . wast and" skirt of a very risk hi